Direct assembly of nanomaterials for highly efficient energy conversion will be the goal of a five-year, $750,000 project led by Cornell researcher David Erickson.
In their 'PhDivas' podcast, scholars Liz Wayne and Christine Yao find common ground across the STEM-humanities divide with wit and insight on contemporary culture, social issues and life in academia.
After 30 years and more than 500 peer-reviewed publications, the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source's CLEO detector has been removed and will resume data-collection at Jefferson Lab in Virginia.
Rachel Bean, associate professor of astronomy, told alumni about unresolved cosmic mysteries, dark matter and dark energy during a Reunion talk June 7.
The funds from the National Science Foundation's Academic Research Infrastructure grant program will create four state-of-the-art science labs at the Paleontological Research Institution by summer 2011. (Oct. 20, 2010)
Cornell chemical engineers and astronomers have theorized a new kind of methane-based cell membrane that could thrive in the harsh, cold conditions of Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
A new bi-weekly lecture series, specially tailored for undergraduate students, will focus on sustainability, energy and environmental systems. It's slated for Mondays, 7:30 p.m., beginning Sept. 7. (Sept. 3, 2009)